Meanwhile doctors went down in real income about 5-6% this year. Smh.
Just remember that Norwegian oil and gas sector is making a record profit right now.
Normally in the news we are told what they earn, what their demands are, and what they are offered.
In this negotiation, we have no information.
They work about 4 months a year (slightly more), and have 8 months off at an average salary close to a million NOK (100.000 USD).
I find it strange to strike now that Europe needs Norwegian oil and gas the most.
Inflation is the reason. Regardless of having a high pay, doesn’t mean people who are have high pay should stay at that point when everything else is getting more expensive. Lower payed people are still struggling to get more pay due to Inflation and everything else hitting the markets that do cause a factor of price jumps will make it harder for everyone. Ask yourself the question of being happy with your pay and stay as is while others whom are lower payed catch up and those of your equal gets higher raise and continue the trend of earning more for doing the same job. Union is a family. Prices go up, then we need more pay to cover the expenses that will catch up. You would like to always have your head above the water and not drown in debt due to Inflation on everything from groceries, gas, and Bank loans.
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe it has something to do with how all of these companies hire expensive administrators whose only job is to find ways, through shady hiring practices, partial contracts, outsourcing as part of union busting tricks alone, completely transparently – while also reducing safety measures and predictability. Where the general outlook from management is that all the green energy talk is making Oil a loss for everyone, and a risky proposal, so the workers will need to take the brunt of the cuts. At the same time as the company’s profit is ballooning out of any kind of proportion, to the point where the number of zeroes are so high that most normal people have no concept of what the number means any more.
Or, it could be because they “are a bunch of assholes”, to quote the experts around here.
Could be either. After all, I’ve read somewhere on the internet that wages in Norway are really high! Specially for part-time workers and shift-workers who are expecting to retire before they turn 60, even if they’re lucky. Super pay! The Socialist UTOPIA provides!
Thought it was about workers rights too. The companies trying to cut cost with worse working conditions than they had.
They have huge leverage given the energy supply issues. I don’t claim to know the political background, but if any of the union is Russia friendly, as some leftists seem to be, then there may be an issue of Russian influence too.
Normal tax when the money is earned is about 30%, so we have 25% VAT when the money is used. Then we have a tax on driving on the road, a tax on petrol, a tax on watching TV etc, etc. And now interest rates on expensive mortgages are rising, the price of electricity is up 1000% in some places, petrol up 30%, food is rising a lot .. .
Hah..
As a nurse I went *down* in pay this year, 3,7% increase vs 4,7% inflation. I’m not allowed to strike though.
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Meanwhile doctors went down in real income about 5-6% this year. Smh.
Just remember that Norwegian oil and gas sector is making a record profit right now.
Normally in the news we are told what they earn, what their demands are, and what they are offered.
In this negotiation, we have no information.
They work about 4 months a year (slightly more), and have 8 months off at an average salary close to a million NOK (100.000 USD).
I find it strange to strike now that Europe needs Norwegian oil and gas the most.
Inflation is the reason. Regardless of having a high pay, doesn’t mean people who are have high pay should stay at that point when everything else is getting more expensive. Lower payed people are still struggling to get more pay due to Inflation and everything else hitting the markets that do cause a factor of price jumps will make it harder for everyone. Ask yourself the question of being happy with your pay and stay as is while others whom are lower payed catch up and those of your equal gets higher raise and continue the trend of earning more for doing the same job. Union is a family. Prices go up, then we need more pay to cover the expenses that will catch up. You would like to always have your head above the water and not drown in debt due to Inflation on everything from groceries, gas, and Bank loans.
Oh, I don’t know. Maybe it has something to do with how all of these companies hire expensive administrators whose only job is to find ways, through shady hiring practices, partial contracts, outsourcing as part of union busting tricks alone, completely transparently – while also reducing safety measures and predictability. Where the general outlook from management is that all the green energy talk is making Oil a loss for everyone, and a risky proposal, so the workers will need to take the brunt of the cuts. At the same time as the company’s profit is ballooning out of any kind of proportion, to the point where the number of zeroes are so high that most normal people have no concept of what the number means any more.
Or, it could be because they “are a bunch of assholes”, to quote the experts around here.
Could be either. After all, I’ve read somewhere on the internet that wages in Norway are really high! Specially for part-time workers and shift-workers who are expecting to retire before they turn 60, even if they’re lucky. Super pay! The Socialist UTOPIA provides!
Thought it was about workers rights too. The companies trying to cut cost with worse working conditions than they had.
They have huge leverage given the energy supply issues. I don’t claim to know the political background, but if any of the union is Russia friendly, as some leftists seem to be, then there may be an issue of Russian influence too.
Normal tax when the money is earned is about 30%, so we have 25% VAT when the money is used. Then we have a tax on driving on the road, a tax on petrol, a tax on watching TV etc, etc. And now interest rates on expensive mortgages are rising, the price of electricity is up 1000% in some places, petrol up 30%, food is rising a lot .. .
Hah..
As a nurse I went *down* in pay this year, 3,7% increase vs 4,7% inflation. I’m not allowed to strike though.